Seat-rail attachment for top-carriages.



0. N. ROBARDS. SEAT RAIL ATTACHMENT FOR TOP CARRMGES- APPLICATION FILEDJULY H. 1916. RENEWED MAR. 14.1919.

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SEAT-RAIL ATTAGHMEN '1. FOR TOP-CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

Application filed July 11, 1916, Serial No. 108,652. Renewed March 14:,1919. Serial No. 282,735,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTHO N. RoBARDs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Henderson, in the county of Henderson and State ofKentucky, have made an lmproved Seat-Rail Attachment for Top-Garriages,of which the following is a specification.

The invention is embodied in the form and construction of the seat-railproper, the means of attachment of the same to the carriage seat-irons,and the provision of a hook adapted to engage the front brace of acarriage top for holding the latter distended.

The following is a description of the invention, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view showing myimprovement applied to a carriage-seat and top.

F i 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed section showing engagement of theseat-rail, lug or hook with a seat iron.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged cross section of the front carriage-top brace.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the complete seat-rail attachment.

In Figs. 1 and 5, the numeral 1 indicates the detachable seat-rail, andnumerals 1 and 1 indicate its upwardly extended ends, which are curvedinwardly or toward each other. The underside of the seat-rail isprovided with a hook or lug 2, projecting rearwardly, and 3 indicates ascrew-stud adapted to re ceive a nut, as shown in Fig. 1.

To attach the rail 1 to the seat-irons 4 and 5, the hooked lug 2 isinserted in a hole formed in the rear seat-iron 4, as shown in Fig. 3,while the stud 3 is inserted in the front seat-iron 5, as shown in Fig.2, and a nut is screwed thereon, thus securing the rail tightly in placeby the aid of a single fastening.

As shown in Fig. 1, a normally vertical bow 6 is pivoted to theextremity 7 of the forward end of seat-rail 1 and front and rearinclined bows 12 and 13 are pivoted to the lower portion of the said bow6. A rear vertical bow 8 is pivoted to the rear end of the seat-rail.The front ends of the several bows 6, 8, 12, and 18 are pivoted to thehorizontal jointed braces 9, 9 9*. Thus all of the said bows and bracesare adapted to be folded backward.

For holding the carriage-top frame extended, as indicated in Fig. 1, Iemploy a hook 10, which is pivoted to the front hook 1 of the rail-seat,and its free end is adapt ed to engage a knob or stud 11, which isadjustably secured to the front brace or bow 12 by means of ascrew-clamp.

It will be observed that the hook 10 is adapted to swing vertically in aplane parallel to the seat-rail 1, and that its free end may be easilyattached to, or detached from, the knob or stud 11. When so engaged, asshown, it serves to hold the carriage-top rigidly distended and upright,and it may be as easily detached when it is required to lower the top.

I claim The combination with a carriage top hav- OTHO N. ROBARDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

